Citizenship in Austria could become harder to obtain under a far-right-led FPÖ government. The party is pushing for new ...

The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria’s political mainstream. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F.

Austria was ahead of the curve when it came to the rise of the far right in Europe. When the Freedom Party first entered national government as a junior partner back at the turn of the millennium ...

Austria's far-right and conservative parties have previously shared power but always with the Freedom Party in a junior role.

The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), currently negotiating a coalition government in the Alpine state, are planning massive attacks on the working ...

A bank levy compromise, Kickl’s cuts to ORF, and an update on René Benko’s detention—plus more stories from Austria on Monday ...

Austria wore out the cordon sanitaire long ago. For much of the postwar era, the Freedom party was excluded by a series of grand coalitions (barring a single early-1980s coalition with the Social ...

Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) with forming a government. Van der Bellen made the announcement at a press ...

A radical leader edges towards transforming Austria’s democracy, sparking widespread concern.

Herbert Kickl received a mandate to try to form what would be the first national government led by the far-right since the ...

Four months after its election victory, Austria’s hard Right is about to lead a government for the first time since 1945.